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Location: Tennessee | We've done the others ... so what about the top keyboard players we love to listen to? Here are some of mine (in no particular order):
Nicky Hopkins
Leon Russell
Cory Lerios
Billy Preston
Benmont Tench
Diana Krall
Danny Federici
Charles Gillingham
Richard Manuel
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Location: Upper Left USA | Susan Day! |
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Location: Canton (Detroit), MI | Mike, you Partridge Family groupie, you..... :D
I'll vote for Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis and Fats Domino....
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Location: Midland, MI | Bill Evans
Vince Guaraldi |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Ray Charles & Vladimir Horowitz |
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Location: NJ | dave brubeck
joe jackson |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Geoffrey Downes, Tony Banks |
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Location: south of munich, Germany | Dr. John
that's all i have to add |
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Location: South Portland, ME | I used to love Keith Godchaux's stuff. |
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Location: Central Oregon | Victor Borge |
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Location: Las Cruces, NM | Can't forget the Silver Fox, Charlie Rich. His story was typical for musicians, struggled for years and hit it big, his wife stuck by him through good and bad. |
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Location: Isle of Man, UK | Jamie Cullum. (I presume he counts as keyboard!).
One other point - Nils, thanks for mentioning Victor Borge. I've just been inspired to dig out a DVD of him that I have, which has brightened my morning!
Here's to a peaceful and laughter-filled 2005.
JB
(who once sat at Rick Wakeman's piano. Needless to say I didn't dare play anything...) |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Interesting point,
In both this post and the one on basses nobody mentioned Greg Lake or Keith Emerson. I'm not a big fan of theirs either buit I thought they'd at least get a mention. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Bill, you didn't read the fine print. Emerson automatically gets the #1 spot by default. We were all just commenting on who should be #2.
Greg Lake? I don't know. He was a guitar player converted out of necessity to bass. Don't think he could stand on his own as a bassist. On his solo LP's he plays mostly guitar and hired someone else to track the bass parts. |
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Location: NJ | Lake did some basswork with the who lately. He does quite well. |
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Location: Tennessee | McCartney was also a guitarist who took over the bass duties out of necessity ... but then some people just have "it" when it comes down to playing just about everything. McCartney is one of those, as is Todd Rundgren and Lenny Kravitz. |
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| short list:
Keith Emerson
Rick Wakeman
David Benoit
Ray Charles
and "The Silver Fox"...Charlie Rich(mom started taking me to his shows at about age 8 or so) |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Speaking of bass - My vote goes to the chick on "Battle For Ozzfest". Too bad Sharon gave her the boot last episode. |
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Location: Los Angeles, California | Saw Edgar Winter in July last year at a benefit Motorcycle run. That ol' dude stole the show! Can't believe he still jumps around with that huge Rolland hanging on him.
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Location: San Bernardino, California | Lee Michaels
Diana Krall
Max Middleton
Chip Davis (Mannheim Steamroller) |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Love Lee Michaels version of Stormy Monday. He and Frosty kick up a storm.
Max Middleton was great on those two Beck albums. |
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Location: NJ | remember Jan Hammer? he was everywhere for a while.
edgar winter plays a killer set of keys |
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Location: NJ | ". . Bob Mayo! . . . on keyboards, Bob Mayo!! . . "
- Peter Frampton
I believe that I mentioned Greg Lake in the bass thread . . . while he might not be considered a "virtuoso", he does do rather well (his 8-string Alembic work on "Pirates" comes to mind . . )
Keys:
Wakeman
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Dr. John
Michael Utley
Chuck Leavell
Leon Russell
Jon Tout
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Harry Truman |
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Location: Denton, Texas | Two keyboard favorites of mine: Lionel Ritchie and Michael McDonald. Both build a foundation for their vocal performance on strong chord progressions and just enough connecting notes to tie everything together. Huge impact though. :cool: |
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Location: Converse, Texas | Dennis DeYoung. |
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Location: Fort Worth, Texas | Billy Preston
Jimmy Smith
Merle Saunders
Steve Winwood |
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Location: NJ | Originally posted by Hizzoner:
Dennis DeYoung.
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the man that turned rock into crappy broadway shows. |
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Location: The Great Pacific Northwest | Allen Lanier (BOC)
Lord (Deep Purple)
Elton John
Billy Joel
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Jamie Cullum |
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Location: NJ | ". . the man that turned rock into crappy broadway shows. . ."
Andrew Lloyd Webber??? |
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Location: Converse, Texas | ". . the man that turned rock into crappy broadway shows. . ."
Elton John?
No, that would be crappy Vegas shows! |
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